THE SHOT — The front page Die Matie, the newspaper of Stellenbosch University in South Africa, that has the editor’s phone ringing with either praise or admonishment. The two gents were photographed participating in “Kiss in the Avenue,” where participants attempted to set a record for the most couples kissing at a single event; gays from all over joined in the fun. Editor Annelize Kloppers says, “This is the biggest reaction that I’ve had to any story ever.” Wait till you hit the big time.

As a South African guy, this picture is really inspirational. Stellenbosch is historically a staunch Afrikaans University, and the Afrikaans culture has always been a stereotypically conservative culture. I realise that in South Africa we have some of the most liberal and equal gay rights in the world, but legislation does not always equate into social equality in any culture. It’s really encouraging to see that homophobia is being broken down across all fronts.

Aug 16, 2010 at 1:04 pm · @Reply ·

_atlas

Legalized same-sex marriage since 2006 and these idiots are upset over kiss over a STUDENT newspaper?

Aug 16, 2010 at 1:07 pm · @Reply ·

L.

@_atlas: And let’s not forget, being the first country to ever included equal protection in its very Constitution, a full ten years earlier!